Brentford vs Liverpool live: Lewis-Potter heads opening goal… but Yarmolyuk sees red

Keane Lewis-Potter’s emphatic header put Brentford ahead at home to Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday – but the Bees then had Yehor Yarmolyuk dismissed during first-half added time.

After Lewis-Potter powered in Igor Thiago’s delivery, midfielder Yarmolyuk was adjudged to have headbutted Jeremy Jacquet following a Video Assistant Referee review.

Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, who had returned to the starting line-up following injury, was forced off with an issue before the goal, slapping the turf in frustration as the Hungary international sat on the turf.

Brentford vs Liverpool: ‘Chaos’ creates goal

Former Premier League striker Glenn Murray praised Brentford for breaking up play beyond the halfway line in the build-up to the goal and striker Thiago’s cross.

“All of a sudden, there’s a little bit more energy,” Murray told BBC Radio 5 Live. “That’s what Brentford like: that chaos.

“I always feel as though I want my number nine inside the 18-yard box… this time, he’s not. [Thiago’s] on the right-hand side.

“But what you quite often find with a striker, when they are pulling into those wide areas, is that they know the kind of balls they like.

“He puts it perfectly right on the onrushing Lewis-Potter’s head. As he strides onto it, he’s just got to redirect it on target.

“The pace is on the ball and he does just that, right into the top left-hand corner of Alisson’s goal. This place erupts once again.”

Brentford team vs Liverpool

Brentford made three changes from their preceding draw at Aston Villa.

Sepp van den Berg returned from a groin injury for his first appearance of the season in defence in place of Jannik Schuster, who had an ankle issue.

Mathias Jensen and Dango Ouattara also came in for El Hadji Malick Diouf and Kevin Schade, the latter injuring a shoulder at Villa Park.

Mikkel Damsgaard (ankle) and Nathan Collins (calf) returned to the matchday squad following injuries. Antoni Milambo (knee) and Josh Dasilva (hamstring) were out.

Brentford: Caoimhin Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Sepp van den Berg, Kristoffer Ajer, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Vitaly Janelt, Dango Ouattara, Mathias Jensen, Keane Lewis-Potter, Igor Thiago, Fabio Carvalho

Substitutes: Hakon Valdimarsson, Mark Flekken, Aaron Hickey, Kevin Schade, Josh Dasilva, Mikkel Damsgaard, Yunus Emre Konak, Nathan Collins, Paris Maghoma

Liverpool team vs Brentford

Liverpool made six alterations from their defeat to City, bringing in Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Alexis Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Alexander Isak and Victor Munoz.

Szoboszlai (hamstring) and Isak (thigh) had been doubts. Cody Gakpo was fit for the bench following an ankle issue.

Ryan Gravenberch was banned after being sent off in their 3-0 defeat at Manchester City six days earlier.

Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley (both knee) and Hugo Ekitike (Achilles) were sidelined.

Liverpool: Alisson Becker, Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Victor Munoz, Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak

Substitutes: Giorgi Mamardashvili, Joe Gomez, Wataru Endo, Cody Gakpo, Kostas Tsimikas, Jeremie Frimpong, Trey Nyoni, Lewis Koumas, Rio Ngumoha

Where to watch Brentford vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online stream

Kick-off on Saturday was at 15:00 BST (10:00 ET / 07:00 PT). This match is not being shown live in the UK.

Here’s the full list of Premier League international broadcasters.

Brentford vs Liverpool Premier League stats

• Brentford were unbeaten in their two Premier League games against Liverpool last season (W1 D1), last going longer without defeat against the Reds in the league between April 1936 and November 1937 (4)
• The five Premier League meetings between Brentford and Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium have featured 22 goals at an average of 4.4 per game, with both sides scoring in four of those five games – the exception was a 2-0 win for Liverpool in 2024/25 in their title-winning campaign under Arne Slot
• The Bees (4th) are facing Liverpool (9th) while above them in the league table for the first time since March 1938, when the 20th-placed Reds beat their sixth-placed opponents 3-1 at Griffin Park
• This is Brentford’s best run from the start of a league campaign since 2006/07 in League One (first 7) and they are unbeaten in eight games in the division, which is the longest current sequence of any side (W2 D6)
• Since their promotion to the top flight in 2021, Brentford have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Premier League (102), including eight points from ahead this season, with only Bournemouth dropping more (9)
• Liverpool have won their last two away Premier League games and kept a clean sheet in both, last having a longer away winning run between August and October 2024 (four). They haven’t kept three away clean sheets in a row since March 2022
• The Reds suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season last time out, also ended manager Andoni Iraola’s 23-game unbeaten run in the competition
• Iraola’s lowest points-per-game average in the Premier League is against Brentford, picking up two points in six games against the Bees while in charge of previous club Bournemouth (D2 L4)
• Alexander Isak has scored in all four of his Premier League appearances against Brentford, including three at the Gtech Community Stadium
• Since Brentford joined the Premier League in 2021/22, only Phil Foden (6) and Harvey Barnes (4) have more there as visiting players than Isak (3)

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